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Cyclone Giri: Two Years On 276 Contributions per affected person were $157.16 for Haiti two weeks after the appeal, and only $15.24 per affected Pakistani - a ten- fold difference. R. Winthrop and J. van Fleet attribute at least some of this disparity to differences in major global English-language media coverage, finding in the case of Haiti well over 3,000 stories in print and broadcast media within 10 days of the earthquake while Pakistan registered only slightly more than 1,000. R. Winthrop, “An Estimated 20 Million Pakistanis in Desperate Need: Why So Little Media Attention”, The Brookings Institute, http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0818_pakistan_flood_winthrop.aspx accessed on 9 Nov. 2011. 277 “No foreign media or observers for Burma poll”, BBC, 18 Oct. 2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific- 11563764utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter accessed on 9 Nov. 2011. 278 http://12mars.rsf.org/i/Internet_Enemies.pdf accessed on 24 Oct. 2011. 279 “I want to help my own people”, Human Rights Watch Report, 28 Apr. 2010, http://www.hrw.org/node/89932/ section/5#_ftnref48 accessed on 23 Oct. 2011. 280 See subsection “Impact of Cyclone Giri”. 281 For instance, in the British press: in The Guardian newspaper there were 272 hits for “Nargis” http:// www.guardian.co.uk/searchq=cyclone+nargis&section but only 1 hit for “Giri” http://www.guardian.co.uk/ searchq=cyclone+giri&target=guardian in The Telegraph: Nargis 128 hits http://www.telegraph.co.uk/search/ queryText=cyclone+nargis Giri 0 hits http://www.telegraph.co.uk/search/queryText=cyclone+giri in The Independent: Nargis 43 hits http://www.independent.co.uk/search/advanced.dodestinationSectionUniqueName= search&publicationName=ind&sortString=publishdate&sortOrder=desc&article Types=news&pageNumber= 1&pageLength= 10& useSectionFilter=true&useHideArticle=true&all=cyclone+nargis&exact Phrase=cyclone+ nargis&atLeast One=&without=&sectionId=1445+OR+537+OR+609+OR+670+OR+677+OR+716+ OR+784+ OR+839+OR+877+OR+885+OR+534+OR+923&sectionIdTmp=1445&sectionIdTmp=537&sectionIdTmp =609&sectionIdTm p=670&sectionIdTmp=677&sectionIdTmp=716&sectionIdTmp=784&sectionIdTmp =839&sectionIdTmp=877&sectionIdTmp=885&sectionIdTmp=534&sectionIdTmp=923&dateFrom= 1&dateChoice=on&startDay=1&startMonth=5&startYear=2008&toDay=13&to Month=1&toYear=2012&date SearchFilter=&articleField=Giri-0hitshttp://www.independent.co.uk/search/advanced.dodestinationSectionUnique Name=search&publicationName=ind&sortString=publishdate&sortOrder=desc&articleTypes=news &pageNumber=1&pageLength=10&useSectionFilter=true&useHide Article=true&all=cyclone+giri&exactPhrase=& atLeastOne=&without=&sectionId=1445+OR+537+OR+609+OR+670+OR+839+O R+923&sectionIdTmp= 1445&sectionIdTmp=537&sectionIdTmp=609&sectionIdTmp=670&sectionIdTmp= 839&sectionIdTmp=92 3&dateChoice=on&startDay=1&startMonth=10&startYear=2010&toDay=1&toMonth=1&toYear= 2012&startDay=1&startMonth=10&startYear=2010&toDay=1&toMonth=1&toYear=2012&dateSearchFilter= &articleField= all these websites were accessed on 1 Jan. 2012. 282 See subsection “Negligence of the Burmese Opposition”. 283 Artists, film stars and more than forty singers in Rangoon created awareness and raised funds for cyclone victims, including Lun Kywel, Win Pe Myint, and Swe Zin Htike. “Dykes in Arakan State must be repaired before monsoon”, Mizzima, 30 Apr. 2011, http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/mizzima/10660-dykes-inarakan-state-must-be-repaired-before-monsoon.html accessed on 24 Oct. 2011. See also “Painting Exhibit for Giri Victims”, Narinjara, 25 Apr. 2011, http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/narinjara/10603-painting-exhibitfor-giri-victims.html accessed on 24 Oct. 2011; “Merit and music for Cyclone Giri victims”, Mizzima, 11 Mar. 2011,http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/mizzima/10247-merit-and-music-for-cyclone-giri-victims.html accessed on 24 Oct. 2011; there was also a New Year’s fundraising concert. Nay Linn Aung, “New Year’s Eve concert raises funds for Giri victims”, MMT, 10-16 Jan. 2011, http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/news/557/ news55711.html accessed on 4 Nov. 2011. 284 Number of articles found in: Bangkok Post (5), CNN (3), BBC (1), News24 (2), Associated Press (1), Reuters (2). 285 “2010–2012 Burma border clashes”, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 2010%E2%80%932012_Burma_border_clashes#8.E2.80.939_November_2010 accessed on 29 Oct. 2011. 286 “Burma releases pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi”, BBC, 13 November 2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ world-asia-pacific-11749661 accessed on 29 Oct. 2011. 287 David Scott Mathieson, “How the Burmese government might exploit last week’s earthquake”, Human Rights Watch, 29 Mar. 2011, http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/03/29/burma-disastrous accessed on 29 Oct. 2011. 288 “Thein Sein Campaigns Among Cyclone Victims”, The Irrawaddy, 5 Nov. 2010, http://www.irrawaddy.org/ article.phpart_id=19961 accessed on 20 Oct. 2011. 289 On Burma’s refusal and later acceptance of international assistance, Trevor Wilson, “Making sense of the 2011 political ‘thaw’ in Burma/Myanmar”, Asian Currents, February 2012, 2, http://asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2012/ asian-currents-12-02.pdf accessed on 25 Feb. 2012; on the international pressure brought to bear to increase the amount of aid allowed for Nargis victims, “Cyclone Nargis and the Responsibility to Protect”, Myanmar/Burma Briefing No. 2, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, 16 May 2008, 12-15, http://www.r2pasiapacific.org/documents/Burma_Brief2.pdf accessed on 25 Feb. 2012; on the role of the international media during the Nargis relief, Burma/Myanmar after Nargis: Time to Normalise Aid Relations, International Crisis Group, Asia Report No.161, 20 October 2008, 7, http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/ 117
Arakan Human Rights and Development Organisation media/Files/asia/south-east-asia/burma-myanmar/ 161_burma_myanmar_after_nargis___time_to_normalise_aid_relations.pdf accessed on 25 Feb. 2012. 290 For the difficulties in fundraising for Giri victims, see above. 291 See subsection “Misappropriation of Aid”. 292 See subsection “Lessons to Learn from Cyclone Giri”. 293 “Child Soldiers Recruited in Giri Affected Area of Arakan”, Narinjara, 1 Mar. 2011, http://www.narinjara.com/ details.aspid=2849 accessed on 24 Nov. 2011. 294 Trafficking in Persons Report, U.S. State Department, June 2009, http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Burma-2.htm accessed on 15 Dec. 2011. 295 “That emphasis on local voices, which are largely left out of think tank reports and governmental statements hailing the perceived transition to democracy, ‘should function as a stinging critique of any attempt to assess changes since the election that excludes the voices of rural people in ethnic areas.’” Francis Wade, “‘No progress since 2010 elections’: report”, DVB, 15 Dec. 2011, http://www.dvb.no/news/%E2%80%98no-progresssince-2010-elections%E2%80%99-report/19221 accessed on 15 Dec. 2011. 296 Listening to Voices from Inside: Ethnic People Speak, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, June 2010, p. 348, http://www.centrepeaceconflictstudies.org/fileadmin/downloads/pdfs/Ethnic_People_Speak.pdf accessed on 28 Nov. 2010. 297 For instance, the RNDP appealed to the international community for assistance and requested the government, UN, and INGOs to consider a long-term plan to mitigate the impact of storms including by building cyclone shelters in the lower coastal areas of Arakan State as currently there are none anywhere in the state. “Urgent Appeal for Cyclone Victims in Arakan”, Narinjara, 30 Oct. 2010, http://www.narinjara.com/details.aspid=2784 accessed on 28 Oct. 2011. 298 For instance, more than 70 Arakanese social organisations held a meeting in Rangoon on 24 October. “Cyclone damage spurs calls for aid as 3,000 homes suffer”, Mizzima, 23 Oct. 2010, http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/4489-cyclone-damage-spurs-calls-for-aid-as-3000-homes-suffer-.html accessed on 8 Nov. 2011. 299 See, for instance, “NLD to donate rice, water pipes to famine victims”, Mizzima, 12 Jan. 2011, http:// www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/4746-nld-to-donate-rice-water-pipes-to-famine-victims.html accessed on 8 Nov. 2011. 300 “Interview with General Secretary of Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) On His Recent Trip to the Affected Areas of Cyclone Giri and His Assistance to the Victims”, Narinjara, 30 Nov. 2010, http://www.narinjara.com/ details.aspid=2813 accessed on 28 Oct. 2011. See also “Dykes in Arakan State must be repaired before monsoon”, Mizzima, 30 Apr. 2011, http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/mizzima/10660-dykes-in-arakan-state-must-berepaired-before-monsoon.html accessed on 28 Oct. 2011. 301 “Suu Kyi Calls for More International Aid for Cyclone Victims”, The Irrawaddy, 4 Jan. 2011, http:// www.irrawaddy.org/print_article.phpart_id=20452 accessed on 28 Oct. 2011; “Suu Kyi Donates for Cyclone Victims”, The Irrawaddy, 13 Dec. 2010, http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.phpart_id=20307 accessed on 28 Oct. 2011; “15 Arakanese Youths Participate in Meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi”, Narinjara, 10 Feb. 2011, http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/narinjara/10107-15-arakanese-youths-participate-in-meeting-with-dawaung-san-suu-kyi.html accessed on 28 Oct. 2011; “3.9 Million Kyat Donation from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Distributed in Cyclone-Affected Area”, Narinjara, 7 Dec. 2010, http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/narinjara/ 9893-39-million-kyat-donation-from-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-distributed-in-cyclone-affected-area.html accessed on 28 Oct. 2011. 302 “Arakanese MP Asks Permission for Public Meeting”, Narinjara, 26 Apr. 2011, http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/ news/narinjara/10620-arakanese-mp-asks-permission-for-public-meeting-.html accessed on 12 Nov. 2011. 303 Htet Aung, “Burmese MPs Question, Get Stonewalled by Ministers”, The Irrawaddy, 11 Mar. 2011, http:// www.irrawaddy.org/print_article.phpart_id=20923 accessed on 5 Nov. 2011. 304 “Villagers Forced to Fund Embankment Construction”, Narinjara, 28 Apr. 2011, http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/narinjara/10638-villagers-forced-to-fund-embankment-construction-.html accessed on 24 Nov. 2011. 305 “UN calls aid response to Giri ‘rapid, decisive action’”, Mizzima, 27 Apr. 2011, http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/mizzima/10626-un-calls-aid-response-to-giri-rapid-decisive-action.html accessed on 5 Nov. 2011. 306 See section “Few Lessons Learned from previous Cyclones”. 307 See subsection “Two Years On: An Overview”. 308 “Two-Thirds of Giri Families in Arakan Still Homeless”, Narinjara, 8 Apr. 2011, http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/narinjara/10509-two-thirds-of-giri-families-in-arakan-still-homeless-.html accessed on 10 Nov. 2011. 309 Khin Oo Thar, “Six Months On, Giri Survivors Still Struggling”, The Irrawaddy, 29 Apr. 2011, http://irrawaddy.org/article.phpart_id=21210 accessed on 9 Nov. 2011. 118
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